Chavez has written himself officially in the VZ history :this is the tree,,,
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Feb 19, 2009 04:34PM
...to go and bark under !!!!
Venezuela's Chavez signs amendment to end limits
February 19, 2009 6:04 PM
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday signed a constitutional amendment that will allow him to remain in office as long as he wins elections.
The amendment to end term limits for all elected officials - approved by voters in a referendum on Sunday - will take effect once it is published in Venezuela's Official Gazette.
''I may have performed up until how,'' Chavez told red-clad supporters in a poor Caracas neighborhood. ''But now, I will now perform 100 times more.''
Chavez, who was first elected in 1998, has declared himself a pre-candidate for presidential elections in 2012 - when he was constitutionally barred from running again.
Venezuelans approved the amendment 55 percent to 45 percent.
It was Chavez's second attempt to change Venezuela's constitution to end the two six-year term limits set on the presidency. In December 2007, voters rejected a reform package that would have allowed Chavez to run for re-election indefinitely and expanded his power.
